Michael Bay: Futurist
John D'Amico | Smugfilm
"Michael Bay is one of the best in the world at depicting motion, and the Transformers series, for all its storytelling incompetence, may be his masterpiece in this regard."

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Godzilla: The First Post-Human Blockbuster
David Ehrlich | The Dissolve
"This is the rare live-action summer blockbuster in which, by design, not a single one of the human characters in the movie has anything resembling a complete emotional arc. And while it’s difficult to argue that Brody wouldn’t have benefited from some memorable dialogue and a more charismatic performance, the lack of a compelling homosapien protagonist helps clarify the film’s true trajectory."

Can Conservatives Be Funny?
Frank Rich | New York"If Rupert Murdoch could find right-wing comics who are funny, you’d bet he’d make a home for them on the Fox network or FX, alongside his liberal staples Louie, Family Guy, and Glee, rather than ghettoize them on Fox News. Most liberal moguls would snap them up too."

The Life and Times of ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Kyle Chayka | The Awl
"In addition to symbolizing despair, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ can be wielded as a Zen-like tool to accept the chaos of universe. Meditate on its wide eyes and upturned mouth; that’s not the expression of a quitter, it’s the carefree face of #blessed, radical openness."

Are We at Peak Superhero?
Mark Harris | Grantland
"In its zeal to go big, S.H.I.E.L.D. didn’t simply lose viewers; it locked them out. The cost of that approach may be starting to sink in."

HIV, Hepatitis C, And More: New York's Amateur MMA Scene Is A Disaster
Jim Genia | Deadspin"The problem is that while these fights are nominally regulated by private organizations, some of them are, in practice, not regulated at all. That's why fighters can compete in New York with HIV, hepatitis C, and other conditions that would prevent them from getting in a cage anywhere else in the United States."